Business and compliance matters have distracted planners away from client needs with planners still approaching advice as cottage industry...

The latest Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) data showed life insurance net profit after tax stood at $2.7 billion, with super making up a huge chunk....

While there are currently more women than men in financial services, it’s still a dim picture when it comes to gender diversity at the top. Kate Cowling investigates the ...

The BFP claims a structural flaw has allowed banks, insurers and super funds to dress up product sales as advice....

The financial services industry will pay $30 million less to be regulated after the Federal Government released details of the levies that it will be charged to fund the ...

Overseeing $30 billion in funds under advice and leading a team of 10 investment professionals in the highly demanding investment research business before the age of 30 a...

The Financial Services Council (FSC) has appointed AMP group executive insurance and superannuation Pauline Blight-Johnston to its board....

Northern Trust has appointed William Mak as its Asia Pacific region head, succeeding Teresa Parker. ...

While many Australians will resent a Federal Budget which includes a lifting of the pension age to 70, such a move is likely to generate plenty of business and new produc...

New survey data has backed the Government’s approach on all approved MySuper products being eligible as default funds....

Meeting the diverse needs of SMSFs will present the financial services industry with both challenges and opportunities, writes Tim Keegan....

Wealth Within has sought to defend its reputation in the face of fines imposed by the corporate regulator for misleading advertising....

SPAA supports ASIC’s drive for tougher measures to tackle the 'bad apples’ of the financial services industry....

Mike Taylor writes that ASIC is right to pursue managers with just as much vigour as it pursues financial planners when things go wrong. ...